Background: Iodine nutrition during pregnancy has become an important public health
concern because of the deleterious impact of iodine deficiency on brain development during …

Iodine, an essential trace element for the human body, plays a pivotal role in sustaining
health. Malnutrition has emerged as a pressing public health concern, posing a significant …

A 2014 national assessment of salt iodization coverage in Cambodia found that 62% of
samples were non-iodized, suggesting a significant decline in daily iodine intakes. The …

Background: In Chile, the recommendation for salt iodination was reduced from 100 to 40
ppm, after detecting high urinary iodine excretion in school age children. Aim: To assess …

Objective To assess whether iodine deficiency exists in healthy children aged 6 months to 3
years by measuring urinary iodine. Design A descriptive, cross-sectional study using …

Objectives: Monitoring of iodine status during pregnancy, lactation and infancy is difficult as
there are no established reference criteria for urinary iodine concentration (UI) for these …

Background The habitual/usual iodine intake and the prevalence of iodine inadequacy may
be estimated from spot urinary iodine concentrations in cross-sectional studies by collecting …

Aim: The objective of this study was to establish the status of iodine nutrition in Southern
Italy. Material and methods: The survey was carried out on 11–14 yr old children attending …

Objective: Iodine is a necessary nutrient for the synthesis of thyroid hormones and essential
in human development. Being naturally deficient in iodine, Armenia launched a national …

Background: This report presents urinary iodine (UI) concentrations for the general US
population during 2005–2006 and 2007–2008. These findings are the fourth and fifth …